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RBA Glossary definition for CPI
CPI – Consumer Price Index. A general measure of price inflation for the household sector compiled and published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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What the FOMC Says and Does When the Stock Market Booms | Conference – 2003
18 Aug 2003
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The two sets of results give the same overall picture, and so I will focus my discussion on the top panel, the one reporting results using the conventional CPI. ... As a chained index, the PCE does not suffer some of the well-known biases that plague
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2003/cecchetti.html
Discussion on Labour-Productivity Growth and Relative Wages: 1978–1994 | Conference – 1995
31 Dec 1978
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RBA Annual Conference – 1995 Discussion. Philip Lowe's paper raises several interesting and overlapping issues which merit discussion. The experiences described for productivity in Australia have both similarities and dissimilarities with the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1995/mayes-disc.html
The Exchange Rate and Macroeconomic Policy in Australia | Conference – 1993
12 Jul 1993
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I shall call these indexes ‘trade-based’ by contrast with the CPI-based measures. ... As noted, Australia is subject to foreign trade price disturbances which behave very differently from foreign CPI inflation rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1993/pitchford.html
Twenty-five Years of Inflation Targeting in Australia | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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As a result, the price level as measured by the CPI increased by 3 per cent overnight (Figure 2). ... Hence inflation as measured by the CPI was boosted, in a year-ended sense, by 3 percentage points for the next 12 months.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/debelle.html
Discussion on It Takes More Than a Bubble to Become Japan | Conference – 2003
18 Aug 2003
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0.38. Tankan business conditions. 0.00. 0.18. CPI inflation. 0.00. 0.08. Stock prices. ... Tankan is only available from 1974:Q2. The CPI is only available from 1970:Q1.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2003/posen-disc.html
Discussion on News and Interest Rate Expectations: A Study of Six Central Banks | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
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Much of a central bank's communication is about the economic outlook, including what the central bank expects the next CPI or GDP figure to be. ... of a particular CPI or GDP figure implies for future interest rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/connolly-kohler-disc.html
Evaluating Simple Monetary-policy Rules for Australia | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
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RBA Annual Conference – 1997 Evaluating Simple Monetary-policy Rules for Australia Gordon de Brouwer and James O'Regan. Generally, the ultimate objectives of monetary policy are low and stable inflation and maximum sustainable economic growth.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/de-brouwer-oregan.html
Discussion on Problems in the Measurement and Performance of Service-Sector Productivity in the United States | Conference – 1995
10 Jul 1995
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Crawford, A. (1993), ‘Measurement Biases in the Canadian CPI’, Bank of Canada Technical Report No.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1995/poloz-disc.html
Trade, Multinationals and Labour | Conference – 1994
11 Jul 1994
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A second major compositional difference between the CPI and the business sector output used in measuring productivity is housing. ... Between 1979 and 1991, the index of shelter prices increased by 17 per cent more rapidly than the rest of the CPI.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1994/lawrence.html
Discussion | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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However, another participant stated that Warwick McKibbin and Augustus Panton's paper showed that the OECD forecast errors were similar for nominal GDP and CPI. ... They also suggested that nominal income targeting should have a longer horizon than CPI,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/mckibbin-panton-disc.html